Table 2.
Clinical course of SDA, SDA plus RDP and CDA subjects; tooth loss (excluding third molars) and management of tooth loss during follow-up period and dental functional status at end of follow-up
| Dental status at baseline | SDA (n = 23) | SDA plus RDP (n = 13) | CDA (n = 23) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tooth loss and management of tooth loss | Tooth loss: | Tooth loss: | Tooth loss: |
| 67 teeth lost in 17 subjects (6 subjects had no tooth loss) | 63 teeth lost in 12 subjects (1 subject had no tooth loss) | 15 teeth lost in 10 subjects (13 subjects had no tooth loss) | |
| Management: | Management: | Management: | |
| • 16 teeth not replaced (24 %) | • 11 teeth not replaced (17 %) | • 7 teeth not replaced (47 %) | |
| • 16 teeth by fixed replacement (24 %): | • 3 teeth by fixed replacement (5 %): | • 8 teeth by fixed replacement (53 %): | |
| Conventional FDP, 11 | Conventional FDP, 3 | Conventional FDP, 6 | |
| Resin-bonded FDP, 1 | Resin-bonded FDP, 1 | ||
| Implant, 4 | Implant, 1 | ||
| • 35 teeth replaced by RDP (52 %): | • 49 teeth replaced by RDP (78 %): | • No RDP replacement (0 %) | |
| Acrylic RDP, 8 teeth (in 2 RDPs) | Metal frame RDP, 27 (in 8 RDPs) | ||
| Complete denture, 27 teeth (in 1 CD) | Complete denture, 22 (in 1 CD) | ||
| Dental functional status at end of follow-up and change in number of POPs | Dental status in subjects at end of follow-up: | Dental status in subjects at end of follow-up: | Dental status in subjects at end of follow-up: |
| SDA, 20 | SDA with RDP, 6 | CDA, 16 | |
| IDA with RDP, 2 | SDA without RDP, 3 | IDA, 3 | |
| Edentulous, 1 | IDA with RDP, 3 | SDA (slightly), 4 | |
| Edentulous, 1 | |||
| POPs change in subjects: | POPs change in subjects: | POPs change in subjects: | |
| • Lost POPs: | • Lost POPs: | • Lost POPs: | |
| None, 16 | None, 3 | None, 16 | |
| 1–2, 4 | 1–2, 4 | 1, 7 | |
| All, 1 | 3, 1 | ||
| All, 3 | |||
| • Gained POPs: | • Gained POPs: | • Gained POPs: | |
| 1, 2 | 1–2, 2 | n.a. |
n.a. not applicable